Journal-box for washing-machines.



No. 658,052. Patented Sept. l8. I900. D. K. TULLIS.

JOURNAL BOX FOR WASHING MACHINES.

(Application filed May 28, 1900.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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D. K. TULLIS. JOURNAL BOXFOR WASHING MACHINES.

(Application filed May as, 1500.

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(No Model.)

0'. WASHINGTON n 0 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID.KIEL'TULL-IS, OF KILBOWIE, SCOTLAND.

' JOURNAL-BOX FOR WASHING-MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,052, dated September 18, 1900. Application filed May 28, 1900. flerial llo. 18,347. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID KIEL TULLIS, engineer, of Kilbowie, in the county of Dumbarton, Scotland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal-Boxes for Washing-Machines, of which the follow- I ing is a specification. r.

This invention relates to improvementsin the journal-boxes of washing machines, and has vfor its object to minimize thetlabor attached in fitting in new bushes in such ma chinery and to preserve thebearing from any acids or impurities used in the machinery'and also 10 be able to lubricate the journals without injuring the goods being treated by the oil flowing through the journals into the machine.-

In carrying out my invention the axle-box is made in pieces and bolted or otherwise fixed to the end of the machine. To preserve the bearing and to prevent the oil getting into the machine, I form a large recessed part at axlebox next to machine, from which there is'led one or more drain-pipes which carry ofi the liquids and oil from the journal and bearin g. This arrangement can be applied either to a low or high pressure machine."

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a washing-machine to which my invention is applied. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the journal-box embodying my invention. Fig. 3 is a front View, and Fig. 4 is a plan, of the same. i

As illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4, the journalbox is made in two pieces A and B, which are bolted together. The said two sections A and B when connected fit into a recess 0, formed on the end plates of the washing-machine, where they are securely held to the said end plates by screw-studs D and nuts E. I An annnlar hollow enlargement F is. formed in the axle-box adjacent to the end plates. A Ver tical. tubular passage G communicates with this hollow recess F. The upper end of the said tubular passage G is closed by a screwplugH, and into the lowerend is inserted a drain-pipe I, which discharges into acup or like receptacle J, leading by the pipe K to a drain ,L, Fig. 1. The spindle or axle M of the washing-machine is oiled by the lubricator N, 'and any superfluous oil or grease or other liquid used in the washing operation is col said drain-pipe discharges. i

. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I DAVID KIEL TULLIS.

Witnesses:

JO N LIDDLE, 1 Y EDITH MARY 'EDMONDSTONE,

60 V prising two sections suitably bolted together, an annular hollowenlargement F formed in". one end of the axle-box, a vertical tubular passage G, formed in said enlargement and communicating with the hollow portion there-- of, a screw-plug closing the upper end of said passage; a draimpipe secured in the lower end" of said passage and a receptacle J intowhich 

